Foxy,

Sure, too easy. From your first post, page 3, where you scoffed and were derisive and tried to diminish the attack (even trying to make it into a student prank, blaming Chaser? Melb Uni students?). An attack that the public and law-makers have always regarded as assault.

A scattergun blast of deflecting, misleading, sidetracking, muddying burley for anything to get traction and sidetrack the discussion, while preferably ending up blaming the victim and not the perpetrators.

What about some compassion for Bolt and his family? They should be able to live their lives in peace and are as entitled as everyone else to be able to go out without fear of assault.

There are no 'ifs' or 'buts', the perpetrators foully attacked the old gent where one would never expect it, in an Australian city street. That is how brazen this foul, politically-motivated attack was.

Such trite indignation from the far right corner. As Leoj goes for the jugular! The soft soap is certainly getting a workout, now at aged 57 Bolt has suddenly become the "old gent". You along with several others of your particular political persuasion need to get the hand off it, and come back to reality, this is nothing more than a misdemeanor at worse. Like the blowhard Bolt himself, you are trying to make political capital out of a minor incident, involving glitter and shaving cream. If the perputrators had intended to inflict grevious harm on Bolt, I'm sure they would have come armed with more than glitter and shaving cream, possibly a cream pie!

Foxy, do not be put off by our dear friend Leoj as he tries to grind away at you, by attacking your totally reasonable summations on the subject. You have to expect that from the Hansonite.

"It's not violence when it's in self-defence,
it's intelligence"

Balderdash!!

Hi Paul 2,

I'm assuming that Paul 1 is off quietly reading somewhere, or watering the kale :)

So, Bolt knew beforehand that what was being thrown on him was only glitter ? He should have realised that instantly. Then he should have known, equally instantly, that it was shaving cream, with no poisonous or acidic additives, being shoved in his face.

After all, from a six -year-old's point of view, as an older person, he knows everything and can predict stuff too. The instant two blokes in hoodies came up to him and threw stuff on him, he knew it was nothing really, just a bit of a prank. All in good fun. Then he over-reacts. Is that it ?

Next time Paul 1 is on, I'll advise him nicely that someone else, a ratbag, has been using his User Name.

Joe

Paul1405,

How casual and dismissive you are where a threat to someone else's body, brain or life is concerned. Do you have no feelings and no compassion? Not even for the plight of Bolt's wife and children if hubby and dad was harmed, even killed? What if he survived a fall but couldn't work any more?

The reason jurisdictions passed new laws with strong penalties for the 'Coward's Punch', was because of the number of deaths and brain injuries from falling.

While he may not have been hit (the video footage needs to be referred to and witness accounts), Bolt could easily have fallen heavily. In fact, he did stumble over tables, and he could have suffered a very serious injury or death had his head hit the pavement, regardless of whether it was due to a blow or a scuffle or a push.

Also, he had a number of assailants, both attacking him and filming.

Bolt was attacked in the street while heading home. We should all be able to go about our daily lives without fear of attack. Our loved ones should never have to hear that one of us was attacked in the street, fell, is in intensive care and everything is being done to try to stabilise. Or sorry, there was bleeding on the brain that went on for too long.

The activists planned and coordinated an attack to catch the elderly gent off guard. Bolt is an office worker. He would not have the stamina of his younger, prepared, cowardly bushwackers.

All in all, Bolt and his family can count their lucky stars that he survived the attack without serious injury.

I suppose there will never be a turning back to what Australia was. Who would have ever imagined such an attack? But Paul1405 is unfazed, even tolerant of such abuses of citizens. How do you manage that, Paul1405?

Don't tell me that there are another 1404!